pyrrolidone
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- noun
- /ˌpɪrəˈlɪdoʊn/
- Specialized
- Safety guidelines require proper ventilation when working with pyrrolidone in the factory.
Examples
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The laboratory uses pyrrolidone as a solvent for various reactions.
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The laboratory ordered more pyrrolidone for use in their pharmaceutical research.
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Many industrial cleaning agents contain pyrrolidone because of its strong solvent properties.
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Many pharmaceutical companies rely on pyrrolidone for drug formulation.
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Methyl pyrrolidone is widely used as a solvent in the formulation of various pharmaceuticals.
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In the lab, we use pyrrolidone for dissolving compounds before testing their chemical properties.
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The company relies on pyrrolidone due to its effectiveness in dissolving a wide range of substances.
Surface Forms
Morphology
pyrrolidone = pyrrolid + one
The term is built from technical chemical combining forms ('pyrrolid-' + '-one') that are not productive or transparent to an average learner, so the meaning cannot be derived from familiar English base words.
Etymology
Pyrrolidone comes from pyrrole, the name for a 'five-membered ring' in chemistry, and the ending -one, which shows an 'oxygen double-bond' in that ring. So pyrrolidone names a small ring with that oxygen group, which helps explain why it is a common solvent used in labs and industry.